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NO. 91 -217C
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Initial
Date
Date Received in Council Office:
Agenda Date
Assigned To:
Originator - Executive
8/13/91
Council
Division Head -
Department Head -
Prosecutor Review-
Purchasing/Budget Dir:
Executive-
SUBJECT.• V
A Resolution in the matter of submitting to the voters a proposal authorizing the Point Roberts
Transportation Benefit District to impose a one cent ($0.01) per gallon excise tax on the retail sale of
motor vehicle fuel and special fuel within the boundaries of said District.
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution
Public Hearing Needed? Yes /ff IN%/
SUMMARY STATEMENT-
This resolution will be considered by the Council acting ex officio and independently as the legislative
body of the Point Roberts Transportation Benefit District. This resolution should be considered following
the public hearing on the proposition to fix and impose an excise tax on the retail sale of motor vehicle
fuel within the District. If this resolution is adopted the proposition will be placed on the ballot for the
November 5, 1991 general election. ,.
ORIGINATOR'S RECOMMENDED ACTION.
COMMITTEE ACTION (including dates):
COUNCIL ACTION (including dates):
8/13/91: Council approved
Related File Numbers. Ordinance or Resolution Number: R E S 91- 0 5 9
SPONSORED BY: Executive
PROPOSED BY: Executive
INTRODUCTION DATE: August 13, 1991
RESOLUTION NO. 91 -059
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE POINT ROBERTS TRANSPORTATION
3 BENEFIT DISTRICT LEGISLATIVE BODY, IN THE MATTER OF
4 SUBMITTING TO TI-E VOTERS A PROPOSAL (SUBSTITUTE HOUSE
5 BILL 1342) AUTHORIZING THE POINT ROBERT'S TRANSPORTATION
6 BENEFIT DISTRICT TO IMPOSE A ONE CENT ($0.01) PER GALLON
7 EXCISE TAX ON THE RETAIL SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL
8 AND SPECIAL FUEL WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF SAID DISTRICT.
9
10 WHEREAS, the Point Roberts Transportation Benefit District, is a 'Border Area
11 Jurisdiction" being located within ten (10) miles of the U.S. /Canadian border; and
12 WHEREAS, the current year -to -year financial support for District street, road and
13 highway maintenance and construction has not been sufficient to adequately fund the
14 District's needs; and
�5 WHEREAS, Substitute House Bill 1342, as passed by the Washington State
16 Legislature and encompassed within a new chapter of Title 82 RCW, authorizes the District
17 to impose an excise tax on the retail sale of motor vehicle fuel and special fuel up to one
18 cent ($0.01) per gallon of retail gasoline sold within the Point Roberts Transportation
19 Benefit District boundaries, if the tax is approved by the majority vote of the registered
20 voters within the District, voting on the tax at a general or special election;
21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Point Roberts Transportation
22 Benefit District legislative body shall present to the Whatcom County Auditor's office a
23 proposition to be placed on the ballot for the election to be held on the 5th day of
24 November, 1991; and said proposition shall state as follows:
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1 POINT ROBERTS STREET, ROAD AND HIGHWAY
CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE TAX
3 ON THE RETAIL SALE OF GASOLINE
4 Shall the Point Roberts Transportation Benefit District impose a one cent ($0.01) per
5 gallon tax to be used for construction and maintenance of Point Roberts streets,
6 roads and highways, on the retail sale of gasoline (motor vehicle fuel or special fuel
7 as defined by statute) within the Point Roberts Benefit District boundaries as
S specified in Whatcom County Ordinance No. 91 -043.
9 YES ..
10 NO
11 APPROVED this 13th day of August 1991.
12 ATTEST:
13
14 J-L, Ramona Reeves, Clerk
15 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Daniel M. Warner, Chairman
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